Stuff Mizzou People Like #5

A barebones version of this post had been sitting in the drafts for about five-six weeks. That roundtable about it just reminded me to finish it.

Five articles into the series? Surely you jest.

All I will say is this: Missouri has not reached a point where the ticket demand exceeds the supply. That’s why I think expanding (cash cow east side luxury suites excluded) would be irrational.

If they had expanded the stadium years ago, Mizzou would be in the Big Ten right now.

If we can’t laugh at ourselves as Mizzou fans, then we become Cornhusker fans.

This seems to be a poor attempt at humor that is condescending more than anything else. While I agree that we should be able to laugh at ourselves, it’s hard for me to laugh at over-broad observations that I, as a Mizzou fan, can’t relate to or agree with.

Admittedly, the circles I run in don’t care all that much about capacity (although my approaching real-person-ness might change that soon), but every other one I’ve seen has been right on target, and let me be the first to admit that I see a lot of myself in them.

For example:
My father and I have had repeated ongoing conversations about the similarities and differences between Kim English and Clarence Gilbert.
I myself am the author of some of the more notorious “FULLBACK!>?” jokes on this website (I’m particularly proud of one wherein I claimed that Blaine Gabbert should play fullback), as well as several of the more heated, less diplomatic serious responses to people that insist that Pinkel sucks for using the offensive system that he does.
Just…just look at the Tribune comment threads. They hurt my soul.
And yeah, the fact that we have large numbers of empty seats right next to the court at tip-off makes us the subject of scorn (I’ve heard about it from all sorts of different people, including some with no interest whatsoever in making fun of Mizzou).

I could see it being superior or condescending if it weren’t self-deprecating, but it is. While it’s true that much of the commentary here is far, far more levelheaded than anywhere else, we ourselves are prone to occasional outbursts of the same kind of fan insanity that plagues all franchises. It’s meant in good fun, that’s all.

It’s not fair to RPT whatsoever, but this series rubs the wrong way coming from a Texan who (presumably) has somewhat limited exposure to the state of Missouri and its fanbase. Content is not the issue — indeed, 99.9% of this stuff is true and, at the very least, mock-worthy enough to fill some dead space over the summer.

Love RMN dearly, but not SMPL

I think they are on point and funny. I don’t care if he’s from Texas. He writes for a Mizzou blog. He writes entries on a Mizzou blog in July when literally nothing is happening. I don’t think we need to question his fanhood.

Additionally, I think the Seinfeld analogy is misplaced because, he’s writes for a Mizzou blog. That would be like Seinfeld compalining about Tim Whatley making jokes at the expense of Judaism after he became a Rabbi.

I am also not an anti-dentite, but I do think they should be put in different schools.

It’s just that sometimes these posts remind me of Jerry Seinfeld’s dentist, who took every opportunity to make jokes at the expense of Judaism shortly after converting.

That may actually be the perfect way to describe this series.

68,349 is still what appears on the AD’s Web site and in the media book. The 71,004 was arrived at by reducing student seating from 18" to 14" wide, but the AD didn’t sell enough tickets for the stadium to reach that capacity (i.e. sold fewer 14" wide seats than were available). So the student seats averaged out to 15.4" wide.

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/10/08/student-seating-myth-busted/

I wouldn’t make the “X number of years” case. I’ve called out that fallacy before, and I’d sure as hell be on the wrong end of that debate.

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DAMN YOU RPT!